Overthinking

Is the way we interact with technology moving us towards a cyborg future? In episode 164 of Overthink, Ellie and David take a closer look at Donna Haraway’s seminal essay, “A Cyborg Manifesto,” in which Haraway critiques the increasing technologization of everyday life and questi ...  Show more

Can Buzzfeed quizzes, Myers-Briggs Types, and Enneagrams tell us anything valid about who we are? In episode 163 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss personality. They talk through the Big Five personality test and its legitimacy, the history of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator t ...  Show more

In this episode, Omar talks about the negative and positive effects of overthinking while he also talks about how overthinking affects your life and your buying decisions  He also discusses how overthinking has affected his life and how overthinking an make you unhappy. Omar also ...  Show more

Overthinking is worse for you than you think it is because it creates problems that aren't even there and keeps you stuck in place when you could be moving forward. If you have ever struggled with overthinking, whether it's ruminating on your past or worrying about your future, t ...  Show more

Overthinking can sometimes feel like an endless mental maze that we're trapped in. This tendency to overthink can also lead to chronic indecisiveness and obsessive acknowledgement of the opinions of others. But overthinking is much more common that when we think, and may actually ...  Show more

Overthinking has become an epidemic. One study found that 73% of adults between the ages of 25 and 35 overthink. Overthinking keeps us in a constant state of changing our mind, second guessing ourselves, worrying, and, worst of all, delaying taking action. All of this adds up to ...  Show more